The hockey season is young, and already there’s a contender for the worst own goal by a goaltender, currently held by Los Angeles Kings’ Jonathan Quick.

It started when Carolina defenseman Ron Hainsey dumped a puck off the left side boards, bouncing behind the net. Toronto goalie Jonathan Bernier stayed back to play the puck off the back boards, but missed the puck completely The puck hit his right skate and deflected straight in to give the Carolina Hurricanes a 3-2 lead. Hainsey was credited with the goal despite being all the way back on defense on the other side of the ice.

Bernier called it ”a bad mistake” on his part, adding that “the puck was spinning a lot and I misjudged it.”

To add insult to injury, that would be the game-winner.

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Toronto head coach Randy Carlyle took a different message from the incident.

“The hockey gods got back at us tonight,” he said, referring to Toronto’s solid record so far this season despite allowing a lot of shots on goal.